Jobe Bellingham Under Pressure After ‘Chaotic’ Bundesliga Debut

Jobe Bellingham made his highly anticipated debut at the Bundeliga but it turned out to be a nightmare as opposed to a dream. Reigning 18 year old, Jude Bellingham was changed at turn between halftime during Borussia Dortmund 3-3 draw against FC St. Pauli, directly raising the concern of his father, Mark Bellingham who approached club officials afterwards inquiring about replacement of his son, and the downswing of Borussia Dortmund team.

Borussia Dortmund losing 3-1 lead

The game itself was the replica of the drama Dortmund had raced into a bright 3-1 lead only to blow this advantage by letting two goals in two late minutes showing the poor state of their defence and the lack of control. The taking charge coach Niko Kovac was seen frustrated calling out his team failure to play the entire 90 minutes of a match which he urged could cost the team in future matches.

The club responded in no uncertain terms to the post game altercation. It was also stated by Borussia Dortmund that only players, coaches and staff can have the areas of operations in the club members of the family and advisors are not supposed to be involved in the technical decision making. The club urged professionalism and threatened that such actions over step will not be repeated in future.

Family or Football club?

As far as Jobe is concerned, it is not only the dream debut at one of the European top tier clubs but also the stage where he was under huge spotlights in the center of all the undesired attention. His psychological strength will now be quite on the spotlight as much as his body performance to see whether he can regain the match after this early high pressure cooker.
This is not the only incident causing something to be said about the Bellingham family. Jobe parents made their way into the game tunnel of the stadium at Dortmund after the game to express their displeasure with how the debut was going as they are prone to the role of being the parental protective factor in the career of the youngster. Jobe has an uphill ahead of him His talent can not be argued, but his family life and the press will have to become the inherent aspects of his professional growing up. 

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